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Monday, December 19, 2011

lovely 3" squares

I've been cutting 3" squares from scraps for eons.... Saving them for the day to start a half square triangle quilt...

They are accumulating like rabbits....

I constantly battle with myself on what the background fabric should be.... Just this weekend, I made the BIG decision to use this red and green Chicken wire fabric I had laying around... Why not, right? I don't foresee any giant chicken quilts in my future, but hey! never say never, right?

So I sliced a bunch in half and speedily, chain pieced a bunch together... One thing I have learned?

I seem to have a lot of red, purple and brown squares!

Having made two blocks I thought I'd play with them in Photoshop to see if I like where it's going...Seeing that I have some many colors the same, I'm thinking I can plan ahead some cool effects... I do like how the red polka dots are jumping out! May need more of that going on!

18 comments:

very fun. but a word of warning: I just made TWO chicken quilts, and I had no plans to do that. they just sort of....hatched. so be careful, you never know when the urge to make a chicken quilt might hit you.

I like the randomness of the fabricsyou chose to collect. They look so lovingly scrappy. They look collected for an event not just bought..Not that there is anything wrong with bought I do it all the time, what I mean is they look so nice and happenstance!!!

Mindless sewing is sometimes best and what a wonderful result. Always great to have so many different fabrics...just love scraps.Hurrah, I am so happy to be able to comment again. Blogspot loves me! Bonnie